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Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in which of the following cities?

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in which of the following cities? Correct Answer Patna and Calcutta

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Key Points

  • Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain commonly known as Begum Rokeya, was a Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist from British India (present-day Bangladesh).
    • She is widely regarded as a pioneer of women's liberation in South Asia.
    • She advocated for men and women to be treated equally as rational beings, noting that the lack of education for women was responsible for their inferior economic position.
    • Rokeya writes about the degraded status of women in Stree Jatir Abanati, about the evolution of man into a being who subordinates women through intellectual and physical prowess.
    • In a series of reports, Rokeya also depicted the degraded status of women in Ardhangi, Muktipal, Bhrata bhagni and Nari Sristi.
    • The homelessness of women in Indian society irrespective of religion is evident in one of Rokeya‘s essays Griha (The Home).
    • She started a school for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta.

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